Senior Risk Manager - Construction
Turner & TownsendRole Overview
Turner & Townsend is hiring a Senior Risk Manager - Construction. This is a full-time role in Indianapolis, Indiana. Part of Turner & Townsend's Risk hiring, posted 5 days ago. Full responsibilities, required qualifications, and the apply link are listed in the description below.
Salary Context
Salary is not disclosed in this posting. Market median for Senior-level Risk roles is $140k-$170k (based on 92 comparable listings). Many employers share specifics during the interview process or after an initial screen.
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Job description
Turner & Townsend is looking for Senior Risk Manager to join our growing team. The ideal individual will be an experienced risk professional that has supported large scale construction projects.
Responsibilities:
- Maintain visibility of threat/opportunity trigger points to facilitate risk cost profiling, timely drawdown of risk budget or retirement of threat/opportunity.
- Use risk data to inform investment planning.
- Monitor overall risk exposure and assess the remaining risk budget.
- Work with contractors to assess contractors held risks and their views on client held risks that impact upon them.
- Produce risk reports as required, in a timely manner, to support the effective communication of threat and opportunity status.
- Conduct quantitative risk assessment (cost and schedule) to inform project contingency levels.
- Initiate a proactive approach to the review, development and improvement of risk management services for the client.
- Undertake end-to-end project risk management practices on multiple projects/programs.
- Undertake the creation of risk management plans and processes in adherence to client requirements, processes, policies, and frameworks.
- Conduct risk reviews at regular intervals, identify and analyze, determine response plans, ensure that project and program risk profiles are being monitored and reported.
- Lead and run a comprehensive schedule and cost-effective risk assessment (QCRA & QSRA) process is delivered.
- Establish integration of the risk management function within the program and project controls team, with direct touch points to cost and schedule management, change control, and reporting.
- Work proactively and collaboratively with program and project control teams to eliminate redundancies and identify improvement opportunities.
- Provide opportunities to facilitate the transfer of knowledge within the immediate risk team, to the greater project controls team, and to the client. The transfer of knowledge may include informal one-on-one discussions with client stakeholders and more formal presentations to clients and colleagues.
- Create value stream mapping to quantify pain points and develop solutions to minimize waste (both in terms of speed and cost).
- Collaborate on the supplier performance management program including the collection of performance metrics and tracking supplier improvement action plans.
- Demonstrate a level of support to expert witnesses in arbitral or ligation processes.
- Lead, manage, and carry out construction stage contract and claims management.
- Carry out assessment of contractual claims in accordance with the contract.
- Provide strategic and contractual advice on disputes and related resolution issues.
- Evaluate delay recovery measures.
- Carry out change management and construction stage cost control.
- Supervise the measurement and valuation of completed works and variations.
- Manage the settlement of final accounts with contractors
- SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.
- Bachelor’s degree in construction management, cost management, quantity surveying, engineering or field related to construction.
- Minimum 5-7 years of applicable experience
- Relevant construction project procurement and contract management experience.
- Demonstrated experience within a Program Management or Program Controls environment
- Deep knowledge and experience with risk identification, facilitation and techniques.
- Strong communication, analytical and negotiation skills.
- In-depth understanding of construction contracts, commercial models, and delivery methods.
- Proficient in process mapping, root causes analysis, problem solving, and value-stream mapping.
- Familiarity with web-based database tools – ARM, Predict, Tableau
- Highly self-motivated, analytical, and customer centric.
- Excellent communication skills.
*On-site presence and requirements may change depending on our clients' needs.*
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.
We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Please find out more about us at www.turnerandtownsend.com/
Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list or that have not followed due process. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.
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Where is the Senior Risk Manager - Construction position at Turner & Townsend located?
This position is based in Indianapolis, Indiana. Turner & Townsend has not indicated remote or hybrid options for this role, so candidates should plan for on-site work.
What does a Senior Risk Manager - Construction at Turner & Townsend earn?
Turner & Townsend has not disclosed a salary range in this posting. Many employers share specifics later in the interview process; you can also ask during a recruiter screen if compensation transparency is important to you.
When was the Senior Risk Manager - Construction role at Turner & Townsend posted?
This role was posted on July 6, 2026 (5 days ago). It's still listed as actively hiring; we re-confirm openings against the source system multiple times per day and remove closed roles.
How much experience does the Senior Risk Manager - Construction role at Turner & Townsend require?
This is a senior-level position. Most senior roles call for 5+ years of directly relevant experience. Turner & Townsend lists their specific requirements in the description below, so review the must-have qualifications closely before applying.
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